Actors: Fabio Testi, Tomas Milian, Lynne Frederick, Michael J. Pollard, Harry Baird
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Four of the Apocalypse
FOUR OF THE APOCALYPSE is an italian western directed by Lucio Fulci in 1975.
A gambler, a prostitute, an alcoholic bum and a mad black man are expelled from Salt Lake City by a corrupted sheriff. The four companions will try to reach Sand City, 200 miles away, through the Utah desert. But they will be attacked by Chaco who'll rape the pregnant Bunny and leave them without food nor horses in the desert. Then begins for the four friends a desperate journey across the unfriendly Utah landscape.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Four of the Apocalypse
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Western
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of story:
- rape (yech!)
Kind of western:
- traveling across the west
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- gambler
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinoa
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Desert?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--men
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- hanging
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
